{% include "includes/auth/janrain/signIn_traditional.html" with message='It looks like you are already verified. If you still have trouble signing in, you probably need a new confirmation link email.' %}

In this image released by AMC, Christina Hendricks, portraying Joan Harris, left, and Jon Hamm portraying Don Draper appear in a scene from the fifth season of “Mad Men.” In the episode, the couple work with to secure the Jaguar account. (AP Photo/AMC, Jordin Althaus)

According to the Associated Press, in an interview a few weeks before “Mad Men” premiered in July 2007, the series’ mastermind Matthew Weiner explained why he had placed his new drama in the 1960s.

“By talking about that era,” he said, “I can talk about everything right now that I care about.” Things like civil rights. Sex. Gender roles. The nature of adulthood.

Perhaps that is why the series gained such popularity….Read more from the Associated Press.